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powers by that i mean the united states and russia. are in favor of that certainly we know the united states and russia are not in favor of that i think that the saudis are somewhat less clear cut in their view on this obviously and the problem is clearly on the part of the major factors in this situation. the major outside powers they do not want that to happen and i think that is why there is a a degree of agreement here between the united states and russia that this whatever happens must be short of assisting the jihad as in gaining a foothold or expanding their foothold and being able to be the primary arbiter of power in syria i agree with you because that's when russia's major issue during all this rafi for you know a cynic would say and i look at the a ray of forces the united states supporting military intervention and it's all about iran it's not about syria it's not about the syrian people it's not about democracy it's just a great way to get to iran and and this is you have to destroy syria to do it and this is you can make
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hezbollah, obviously, iran and, perhaps, above all, russia, which provides it with military, political and diplomatic support. the foreign minister will seek reassurances that that support from moscow will carry on flowing. >> as you mentioned russia has been an ally of syrian president bashar al-assad's regime. where do the russians stand on this now though? >> i don't see any change whatsoever that the russian position will alter in any way. if we take president putin's words at the end of the g20 in context, he said russia would carry on supporting the regime in syria. there are too many reasons why this is important to the russians to swap course now, if you like, to change course. they distrust the rebels in syria, they don't like them. they fear an islamist - the spread of extremist islamist groups. they see this to a certain extent as a proxy struggle with the united states influence in the middle east. also of importance is the principle of non-inference into sovereign affairs of another country. the relationship they have is important economically, not least through the sale o
hezbollah, obviously, iran and, perhaps, above all, russia, which provides it with military, political and diplomatic support. the foreign minister will seek reassurances that that support from moscow will carry on flowing. >> as you mentioned russia has been an ally of syrian president bashar al-assad's regime. where do the russians stand on this now though? >> i don't see any change whatsoever that the russian position will alter in any way. if we take president putin's words at...
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magazine in russia and in london and alexander make your. legal expert and blogger joining us now i will side with hugh who is our political senior political correspondent here how are things standing right now in terms of the polls i just want to give you the numbers one hundred percent of the votes have been counted surrogates are down and is that fifty one point thirty seven looks in the twenty seven point twenty four and it's thirty three percent turnout quite a light low turnout actually for this election but election the violin actually did much better than people thought he would at least according to polls that we were polling you know when comparing started speaking about doing very well in terms of how he did because i think a lot of people were quite skeptical as to will he do better but he has i'm going to go to alexander make yours in london right now and ask him this how would you assess his results that he's done so well in these elections. and well i think one shouldn't exaggerate this he got twenty seven percent out of the t
magazine in russia and in london and alexander make your. legal expert and blogger joining us now i will side with hugh who is our political senior political correspondent here how are things standing right now in terms of the polls i just want to give you the numbers one hundred percent of the votes have been counted surrogates are down and is that fifty one point thirty seven looks in the twenty seven point twenty four and it's thirty three percent turnout quite a light low turnout actually...
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threats that caused the offer to be bait today by russia with syria's support u.s. officials in the meantime though have gone so far as accusing moscow some u.s. officials of using this proposal as stalling tactic of having the proposal be disingenuous in the meantime we also heard from a national security and security advisor susan rice who believes that every time chemical weapons are used or moved around in syria it raises the likelihood that they will land in the hands of terrorists mrs rice said that if left unchecked she believes that the syrian government and syrian president bashar al assad will use chemical weapons again and she also said that the reason u.s. president barack obama has decided to pursue limited strikes what they call limited strikes u.s. officials is that. the united states and its allies have exhausted a host of other measures so while this proposals come out this proposal for a non military intervention on syria a lot of u.s. officials seem to be standoffish while they say that they will take a long hard look at russia's plan they are sti
threats that caused the offer to be bait today by russia with syria's support u.s. officials in the meantime though have gone so far as accusing moscow some u.s. officials of using this proposal as stalling tactic of having the proposal be disingenuous in the meantime we also heard from a national security and security advisor susan rice who believes that every time chemical weapons are used or moved around in syria it raises the likelihood that they will land in the hands of terrorists mrs...
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russia remains an enigma with this rather loose calculus of this administration. i can't imagine what president obama called the bored fella in the back of the classroom, that is vladimir putin, would not seize the opportunity to ring a prolonged presence for the united states military in syria if he ever got the opportunity. >> they would love to bleed us in syria. look what we're talking about now. we are not even talking about how we're going to pay for any of this. the administration says it's going to be short, a couple of days. >> that's what they said about libya. >> that's what they said about libya. >> and libya cost $1.7 billion, we think. it lasted six months, not the dayshe president promised. but the consequences of libya are with us today, and colonel north just referred to congre congressman wolf is exactly right. we need a full-on investigation with this congress because we still don't have the bloody answers and the fact of the matter is this administration has stonewalled. how can anyone give credence to what they promise, what they say or stipul
russia remains an enigma with this rather loose calculus of this administration. i can't imagine what president obama called the bored fella in the back of the classroom, that is vladimir putin, would not seize the opportunity to ring a prolonged presence for the united states military in syria if he ever got the opportunity. >> they would love to bleed us in syria. look what we're talking about now. we are not even talking about how we're going to pay for any of this. the administration...
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and we used to seeing russia's armed forces parade through red square but for eight days. into military officers from around the world check out our gallery of the brand which has just concluded in the capital. right seat. first for you and i would think that your. orders would. be in the. some of the world's other headlines now romania's witnessing a mass protest against plans to build europe's large open cars goldmine thousands have marched nationwide to voice their criticism over a draft approval for canadian company to mine for gold and silver in western transylvania an environmentalist say the mine could become an ecological time bomb a project would mean the deal shushing of historic sites dating back to the roman empire and four mountains in the area hundreds of families will also have to be relocated. a match for human rights on the fortieth anniversary of the coup which abroad former dictator use of premiership to power has turned violent crimes of thousands attended the rally in san diego honoring the victims of regime fighting broke out when i heard it mob you s
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russia's interests lie in finding a political way out of this. russia does not want the americans to become militarily inside syria because they want to preserve the central government in damascus and preserve their own interests. in fact, there is an an ambilical cord and that is why it's important and the question is do the americans buy the russian point of view, will the americans wait to basically find out if this particular channel will produce any results. my take is that i'm very skeptical. barack obama has made up his mind. i don't think he can retreat at this particular stage his credibility is on the line and for the viewers everything about domestic politics and barack obama credibility as president and foreign policy is on the line and i would argue even if the u.s. congress votes against barack obama, barack obama will most likely take military action because he wants to come across as a strong leader, but he has far in the valley and he is basically appreciates the question of credibility when it comes to american foreign policy in
russia's interests lie in finding a political way out of this. russia does not want the americans to become militarily inside syria because they want to preserve the central government in damascus and preserve their own interests. in fact, there is an an ambilical cord and that is why it's important and the question is do the americans buy the russian point of view, will the americans wait to basically find out if this particular channel will produce any results. my take is that i'm very...
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syria has agreed to russia's proposal that it put its chemical weapons stockpiles under international control u.s. secular state john kerry initially suggested such a scheme as a way to avoid a military strike on syria but the u.s. state department says since issued an apparent retraction saying it wasn't a genuine offer to sean thomas joins us for more hi there sean it's been an afternoon of twists and turns but the dramatic news in the last hour syria now said its own border this plan bring us up to speed well certainly kevin has been a very interesting day in fact as this story has rapidly develop from a tongue in cheek remark apparently to an actual diplomatic proposal the latest news while the foreign minister of syria saying that he welcomes russia's proposal to work with them on bringing syria's chemical weapons arsenal under international . control let's backtrack though and talk about how this is all unfolded throughout the day it all started with a john kerry and william hague meeting in london discussing the situation in syria at that point john kerry said that the evidence
syria has agreed to russia's proposal that it put its chemical weapons stockpiles under international control u.s. secular state john kerry initially suggested such a scheme as a way to avoid a military strike on syria but the u.s. state department says since issued an apparent retraction saying it wasn't a genuine offer to sean thomas joins us for more hi there sean it's been an afternoon of twists and turns but the dramatic news in the last hour syria now said its own border this plan bring...
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foreign minister sergey lavrov says russia is ready syria to give up its chemical arsenal to avoid a foreign intervention an idea put forward by u.s. secretary of state john kerry. but shortly after john kerry made that statement in london the u.s. state department backtracked saying it was never intended as a real offer. in the battle for moscow is over. and is elected for a new term in office but opposition runnerup alexina valley refuses to concede defeat calling for a mass rally to demand a recount. you're watching tape with me and. now russia's foreign minister says he's ready to negotiate with syrian president bashar al assad to try and get him to hand over his chemical weapons stockpile to the international community he was responding to a statement from his u.s. counterpart john kerry will thomas joins us live from more on this show on this issue here isn't there because washington then withdrew that statement from kerry saying this rhetoric but russia have taken him up on the offer believing it could be a way forward indeed it's going to be interesting to see how all of this
foreign minister sergey lavrov says russia is ready syria to give up its chemical arsenal to avoid a foreign intervention an idea put forward by u.s. secretary of state john kerry. but shortly after john kerry made that statement in london the u.s. state department backtracked saying it was never intended as a real offer. in the battle for moscow is over. and is elected for a new term in office but opposition runnerup alexina valley refuses to concede defeat calling for a mass rally to demand a...
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shelling are going out in protest there is a degree of agreement here between the united states and russia. this whatever happens must be short of assisting the jihadists in gaining a foothold or expanding their foothold and being able to be the primary arbiter of power in syria we're not going to transition overnight into a beautiful democracy we will have a messy transition but ultimately it is the will of the more than twenty million syrian people that must be done. still to come on our journey and i'll do the truth inside of modern day south africa policy days in jail dead in one of one town in the very heart of the nation report shortly how the country's disturbing history is still alive. and will be no christmas cheerful somber lynas the way lawmakers say religious festivals aren't equal enough the way they've already put the wrecking ball through ramadan on the political party people in a few minutes. but . did you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy which albums. in f
shelling are going out in protest there is a degree of agreement here between the united states and russia. this whatever happens must be short of assisting the jihadists in gaining a foothold or expanding their foothold and being able to be the primary arbiter of power in syria we're not going to transition overnight into a beautiful democracy we will have a messy transition but ultimately it is the will of the more than twenty million syrian people that must be done. still to come on our...
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let's see what the syrians bring to the table and what russia brings to the table. this is potential will i a way out of military strikes. >> a way that would take the wind out of the sails of the obama administration's move to military action because in essence, the russians and the syrians are agreeing toing what secretary kerry said he wanted them to do in order to avoid military action. this is a very complicated story. phil black is in moscow. we'll get to him in a few minutes and talk more about this complicated stuff about you a fascinating development. >> one of the things the administration is saying is look, we want to make sure this never happens again, this is a deterrent if he hands over the weapons, they can make the case it is a deterrent. you don't have to hit us with military strikes. >> we've already seen david cameron saying it must not be used as a distraction, this tactic as a tactic of distraction. already you see a little bit of back pedal going on because to get rid of those would take months and months and months and verification everything
let's see what the syrians bring to the table and what russia brings to the table. this is potential will i a way out of military strikes. >> a way that would take the wind out of the sails of the obama administration's move to military action because in essence, the russians and the syrians are agreeing toing what secretary kerry said he wanted them to do in order to avoid military action. this is a very complicated story. phil black is in moscow. we'll get to him in a few minutes and...
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people going out against the jihadists there is a degree of agreement here between the united states and russia. this whatever happens must be short of assisting the jihadists in gaining a foothold or expanding their foothold and being able to be the primary arbiter of. power in syria we're not going to transition overnight into a beautiful democracy we will have a messy transition but ultimately it is the will of the more than twenty million syrian people that must be done. with barack obama's finger firmly on the syrian intervention trigger u.s. lawmakers will reconvene later on monday to debate going to war but the white house has made clear it still has a say on whether to bomb damascus regardless of what capitol hill things are congress is skeptical over obama's case against assad as even administration officials admit they like in deniable prove to implicate the syrian government in the deadly use of chemical weapons u.s. senators are almost evenly split into those for and against intervention with half of the chamber still undecided while the lower and more populated house has more lawma
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but russia heard something more. by late morning, its foreign minister had promised to encourage its ally syria to accept it. >> translator: we are calling on the syrian authorities to not only agree on putting chemical weapons storage under international control but also for its further destruction. we have passed our offer to the syrian foreign minister. >> reporter: who, speaking just 60 minutes later, declared his country on board. >> translator: i declare that the syrian arab republic welcomes russia's initiative on the basis that the syrian leadership cares about the lives of our citizens and the security in our country. >> reporter: by the end of the day, some very powerful american voices were at least in theory publicly endorsing the idea. >> if the regime immediately surrendered its stockpiles to international control as was suggested by secretary kerry and the russians, that would be an important step. but this cannot be another excuse for delay or obstruction. >> reporter: but the rhetorical may be gettin
but russia heard something more. by late morning, its foreign minister had promised to encourage its ally syria to accept it. >> translator: we are calling on the syrian authorities to not only agree on putting chemical weapons storage under international control but also for its further destruction. we have passed our offer to the syrian foreign minister. >> reporter: who, speaking just 60 minutes later, declared his country on board. >> translator: i declare that the syrian...
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own needs in the area and legitimate interest russia has a base in syria well russia russia has a base in syria united states bases and in the gulf kingdom has a base number of sovereign base areas in cyprus so. that all the old great powers have got interests in that area including terrorists some territorial interests these people are understanding about that they need to be understanding of russia's own high levels of anxiety about the possibility of islamism feeding further into the caucasus into their own backyard and destabilizing southern part of russia so we need that we need an understanding about iran's role as well not least as we now have the optimism following the election of dr hassan rowhani president and i'm not saying that if president putin picks up the telephone to present president assad would jump. however that the assad regime is very sensitive to russian influence it relies a lot on russia for problems. maybe in terms of financial support i don't know if as well certainly it's a national political support it receives russia is absolutely critical and if putin pre
own needs in the area and legitimate interest russia has a base in syria well russia russia has a base in syria united states bases and in the gulf kingdom has a base number of sovereign base areas in cyprus so. that all the old great powers have got interests in that area including terrorists some territorial interests these people are understanding about that they need to be understanding of russia's own high levels of anxiety about the possibility of islamism feeding further into the...
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out change his decision if america should act. >> no, it doesn't, i don't put a lot of stock in what russia and syria says about chemical weapons. don't have much credibility in chemical weapons. i'm sure the administration will weigh this as they do every factor. in terms of senate, we're going to have a vote this week in force, i think that we should go out with the vote. >> should the senate delay it while this is playing out. >> i don't rule out a delay, but i don't think this is the proposal to delay the vote. they make the proposal but no details in terming of timing when they would do this, how they would do it, i think it is a delaying tactic. i hope that i'm wrong about that, but in the end we'll have a vote and senators will have to confront that very basic questions about whether you condemn the act of chemical weapons orac as well. >> taking three weeks of the acts of august 21st. is there a downside to waiting further and giving every diplomatic opportunity a chance? >> well i think already there is a time frame between the senate vote and the house vote. if we vote by wednesda
out change his decision if america should act. >> no, it doesn't, i don't put a lot of stock in what russia and syria says about chemical weapons. don't have much credibility in chemical weapons. i'm sure the administration will weigh this as they do every factor. in terms of senate, we're going to have a vote this week in force, i think that we should go out with the vote. >> should the senate delay it while this is playing out. >> i don't rule out a delay, but i don't think...
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now russia and syria say they will stand together for peace in the face of a mounting u.s. push for war against damascus the message from the russian and syrian foreign ministers came after their meeting in moscow on monday sean thomas listened in to the news conference. but he's dedicated to bring all parties to the table to discuss the solution in syria he says that they need to wait for the united nations to complete their investigation and for those results to be brought on the table also calling for the un inspectors to come back into syria and can plead their work . sergey lavrov reminded the public that they have evidence that it could be the rebels themselves that actually used chemical weapons and so the situation isn't as cut and dry as is making it seem to be and then also called on the united states to lead the way in that peace process talk to us hear what he had to say about that. syrian coley has confirmed that damascus is willing to attend the geneva two conference without any preconditions in order to look for a solution to the crisis together with the oppo
now russia and syria say they will stand together for peace in the face of a mounting u.s. push for war against damascus the message from the russian and syrian foreign ministers came after their meeting in moscow on monday sean thomas listened in to the news conference. but he's dedicated to bring all parties to the table to discuss the solution in syria he says that they need to wait for the united nations to complete their investigation and for those results to be brought on the table also...
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ready to cooperate with the friends in russia. too we don't take away all the reasons to strike us with is. it was just you would yeah agrees. with you who believe there's a political solution is the only solution and no interest. it's. the actions. but if there gretchen acars. one has another position there. to see which. russia twenty four hours with people who. isn't going to be. included. in this movement. is just in this group to. get into. it what about the letter said. you got from the young community come at a huge. way she had with you even once in the. for both. of you about the crimes that jihadists made in syria. what about international. reaction and for mr. what did seem a letter said face or mcdonough mr president that gave the. u.n. committee about using chemical weapons. i believe there is plenty of evidence. there are testimonies by. witnesses who saw what. militants in the insurgency actually do in syria they're also videos that insurgents posted on the internet themselves apparently boasting with hotel of the a
ready to cooperate with the friends in russia. too we don't take away all the reasons to strike us with is. it was just you would yeah agrees. with you who believe there's a political solution is the only solution and no interest. it's. the actions. but if there gretchen acars. one has another position there. to see which. russia twenty four hours with people who. isn't going to be. included. in this movement. is just in this group to. get into. it what about the letter said. you got from the...
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to put its entire chemical arsenal on the united nations' control that's a proposal put forward by russia's foreign minister to avoid a u.s. military strike. and while the blame game over last month's salary gas attack in syria continues r.t. sources close to the conflict telling us tonight as well that rebel fighters are now planning a chemical property provocation strike against israel following that up closely no comment on that from our correspondent. also to the battle for moscow is over acting. in selected for a new term in office but opposition rather of alexina valley refuses to concede defeat but his supporters staging a mass rally to demand a recount. fellows just after ten pm here in moscow my name is kevin i will face a big where this is a day of potentially big developments in syria syria's agreed to russia's proposal that it put its chemical weapons stockpiles under international control us so critics state john kerry initially suggested such a scheme earlier on as a way to avoid a military strike on syria the u.s. state department then though issued an apparent retraction of
to put its entire chemical arsenal on the united nations' control that's a proposal put forward by russia's foreign minister to avoid a u.s. military strike. and while the blame game over last month's salary gas attack in syria continues r.t. sources close to the conflict telling us tonight as well that rebel fighters are now planning a chemical property provocation strike against israel following that up closely no comment on that from our correspondent. also to the battle for moscow is over...
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i don't think when the administration is dealing with russia ordealing with syria, they take what russia and syria say with a grain of salt. observers of syria, wolf, don't expect assad would ever give up his chemical weapons. they find it sort of disingenuous that russia and syria would propose this and the administration for a long time now has felt na russia's role in all of this is to slow things down, gum up the, would to buy time. so they're very skeptical that's what's happening again here. >> i'm coming over to the white house in a little while. i'm going to be sitting down with the president for an interview. he's giving a lot of interviews today. he's giving interviews to six news organizations, television nous organizations. tomorrow night 9:00 p.m. eastern, he'll address the nation from the white house. are we expecting some new arguments from the president now or is it going to be more detail of what he's been saying over the past couple of weeks? >> i think initially we expected, wolf, that he was maybe not going to say anything very new, that more than anything, he was rel
i don't think when the administration is dealing with russia ordealing with syria, they take what russia and syria say with a grain of salt. observers of syria, wolf, don't expect assad would ever give up his chemical weapons. they find it sort of disingenuous that russia and syria would propose this and the administration for a long time now has felt na russia's role in all of this is to slow things down, gum up the, would to buy time. so they're very skeptical that's what's happening again...
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kerry told them russia does not plan to go to war over syria. the chief of staff from the kremlin says the warships may be needed to evacuate the main naval base. its only port in the mediterranean and middle east. that port is in syria as the port of tartus. it is potential for a terrorist attack, less concerned about russia, that has the pentagon concerned. >> for more on this let's bring in pulitzer prize winning journalist and fox contributor. judy, welcome. let's start with the retaliation issue that assad brought up. and, you know, everything is on the table. he said, well, you never know what the rebels will do, if you all attack us, you know, i'm oh of he said, basically, i'm dealing with a huge can of worms here. i've got two different -- t at least two different forces that, who knows what they might do. >> right, xakly. this is the kind of threat that is supposed to intimidate those on the hill who are undecided, who haven't made up their minds whether or not they really think that this kind of a military strike is in america's intere
kerry told them russia does not plan to go to war over syria. the chief of staff from the kremlin says the warships may be needed to evacuate the main naval base. its only port in the mediterranean and middle east. that port is in syria as the port of tartus. it is potential for a terrorist attack, less concerned about russia, that has the pentagon concerned. >> for more on this let's bring in pulitzer prize winning journalist and fox contributor. judy, welcome. let's start with the...
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obama had hoped for at the g-20 summit in russia. the president's critics say he squandered time he could have used to draw domestic support, first drawing red lines and denying syria crossed them. >> assad used them almost a year ago and we didn't get involved then. probably should have done something sooner. >> reporter: the president heads back to capitol hill on tuesday for separate lunches with the democratic and republican caucuses in the senate. there are more than enough undecided votes in both the house and the senate to swing the vote either way. bret? >> thank you. please join us tomorrow night for the president's primetime address. we'll start our coverage at 8:55 p.m. eastern time with the president beginning at 9:00 eastern. >>> still ahead, what the u.s. can expect in retaliation if it hits syria. >>> first, running the numbers, counting the heads for the president's syria authorization in congress. [ male announcer ] centrum has been a leader in multivitamins for over 30 years. and it's now the most doctor recommended
obama had hoped for at the g-20 summit in russia. the president's critics say he squandered time he could have used to draw domestic support, first drawing red lines and denying syria crossed them. >> assad used them almost a year ago and we didn't get involved then. probably should have done something sooner. >> reporter: the president heads back to capitol hill on tuesday for separate lunches with the democratic and republican caucuses in the senate. there are more than enough...
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being decided, he made this announcement while still in russia at the g20 just last friday, that they were aware that assad would be speaking through the public via that interview. i think is this was expected, frankly. the president has to go before the country. he has to do it in prime time. really, the only question was when he was going to do it. a little early by some estimates, as congress is just getting back into town. seeing each other face-to-face, the leadership will have an opportunity to start twisting arms to the extents that they are of a mind to twist arms. we can expect nancy pelosi and harry reid to try to get democrats to fall in line behind their president, but it is an uphill struggle. no one knows how this vote is going to go, but at this point, it's not looking good for the president. >> thank you so much. white house correspondent in washington, thanks so much for being with us this morning. >> of course aljazeera will have live coverage of president obama's live comment tuesday night. congress meets today after a five week recess and will begin to debate wheth
being decided, he made this announcement while still in russia at the g20 just last friday, that they were aware that assad would be speaking through the public via that interview. i think is this was expected, frankly. the president has to go before the country. he has to do it in prime time. really, the only question was when he was going to do it. a little early by some estimates, as congress is just getting back into town. seeing each other face-to-face, the leadership will have an...
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convince. >> we only act when russia acts? >> no, no, in order to have diplomacy, if i give you money for bread, you think you have something more than what i've got, and i think i got more than what i gave. both parties to a transaction feel like you had a victory. that's why we trade. russia has to feel like they had a victory, and that's when diplomacy works. i don't think we've had to try very much. what we need is the diplomacy where we saw to russia and china, we're big trading partners, we want to do thing that will enrich your people. >> so when russia refuses to engage with us, our hands are tied? the only reason they came forward is -- returna is coming forward now, because actually the president started to enforce this treaty. >> maybe, but they've been coming forward for a year. we've been talking to russia -- >> it go to the point where assad killed 1400 of his own people. >> the administration have admitted that the russians have already agreed to sene steps with regard to a transition. they've been saying that a
convince. >> we only act when russia acts? >> no, no, in order to have diplomacy, if i give you money for bread, you think you have something more than what i've got, and i think i got more than what i gave. both parties to a transaction feel like you had a victory. that's why we trade. russia has to feel like they had a victory, and that's when diplomacy works. i don't think we've had to try very much. what we need is the diplomacy where we saw to russia and china, we're big...
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russia, syria's ally endorsed the i'd as well. er is guy abrf. >> we call for the facilities to be under international control and destroy them afterwards. >> and even syria's foreign minister in moscow quickly agreed. >> i declare that syria welcomes the russian proposal out of concern for the lives of the syrian people, the security of our country, because of the wisdom of the russian leadership that seek to avert american aggression against our people. >> in washington, initially u.s. officials, past and present, voiced interest and skepticism. former secretary of state hillary clinton spoke at the white house event. said -- >> if the regime immediately surrenders its stockpile to international control, as was suggested by secretary kerry and the russians that would be an important step. but this cannot be another excuse for delay for obstruction, and russia has to support the international community's efforts sincerely or be held to account. >> but hours later, a surprising clarification, a senior official traveling with kerry
russia, syria's ally endorsed the i'd as well. er is guy abrf. >> we call for the facilities to be under international control and destroy them afterwards. >> and even syria's foreign minister in moscow quickly agreed. >> i declare that syria welcomes the russian proposal out of concern for the lives of the syrian people, the security of our country, because of the wisdom of the russian leadership that seek to avert american aggression against our people. >> in...
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today russia saying it will now urge syria to put chemical weapons under additional control if that will avert military strikes. this comes after a meeting today between meetings. al jazeera'al jazeera is in-don. what else came out of this meeting? >> a number of things came out of that meeting, del. not least of which that russia would urge syria to put its chemical arsenal in the hands of the international community. in addition to that we heard from the russians that they still doubt the evidence that the white house is putting forward, that the assad regime was behind the chemical weapons attack. furthermore saying there is plenty of evidence that shows that it was the rebels who were behind it on the syrian side of the equation, the syrian foreign minister arrived in moscow with a message from vladimir putin to bashar al-assad thanking the crimkremlin for its support durg the recent g20 summit. >> are there reports that the efforts of john kerry is falling on deaf ears? >> certainly the public opinion is not being swayed by secretary of state kerry's visit. the hawkish government da
today russia saying it will now urge syria to put chemical weapons under additional control if that will avert military strikes. this comes after a meeting today between meetings. al jazeera'al jazeera is in-don. what else came out of this meeting? >> a number of things came out of that meeting, del. not least of which that russia would urge syria to put its chemical arsenal in the hands of the international community. in addition to that we heard from the russians that they still doubt...
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crying foul - russia's protest leader alexei navalny alleges vote rigging in the bid to select a mayor. >> show me your dagger. >> the love for the blade in yemen, a report on why these dagsers are a symbol of social status. >> there's a continuing battle of words between the white house and the government of bashar al-assad as the u.s. prepares to vote on military action. in an interview with u.s. broadcaster cbs ass ard warns of retaliation by his allies if the u.s. attacks. he denies involvement in the chemical attack. secretary of state john kerry is in europe and is continuing his drive to get support for military action. following meetings with the arab league in paris, john kerry travels to london to meet william hague in london. >> the foreign minister of syria is in moscow, and is meeting with his foreign minister counterpart. >> barnaby phillips is live for us in moscow. >> what do we expect to come out of that meeting? >> i would imagine that the syrians will be looking for reassurances of support. the regime doesn't have too many friends internationally, but a handful of th
crying foul - russia's protest leader alexei navalny alleges vote rigging in the bid to select a mayor. >> show me your dagger. >> the love for the blade in yemen, a report on why these dagsers are a symbol of social status. >> there's a continuing battle of words between the white house and the government of bashar al-assad as the u.s. prepares to vote on military action. in an interview with u.s. broadcaster cbs ass ard warns of retaliation by his allies if the u.s. attacks....
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russia makes an offer it says could avert a u.s. strike on syria. >> back on the hill and facing pressure from the white house, congress getting ready for a vote on the issue. >> swimmer diana nyad taking on scenics that are questions her recent feat. >> russia is now offering and idea that it says could forestall military action on syria. russia saying that it could urge syria to put its chemical weapons under international control if that would avert military strikes. in an hour, congress goes back to work in washington. tonight, president obama will be making his case to the american public in 6t.v. interviews. with start with london. phil, first, what do we know about this plan? >> coming out of moscow, we didn't hear too much, just the idea being floated. we did hear secretary of state john kerry saying in an off hand comment that assad could avoid to strike if he gives up all his chemical weapons, but he's not going to do that. where we are hearing a little bit more of the specifics is actually coming out of the united nations
russia makes an offer it says could avert a u.s. strike on syria. >> back on the hill and facing pressure from the white house, congress getting ready for a vote on the issue. >> swimmer diana nyad taking on scenics that are questions her recent feat. >> russia is now offering and idea that it says could forestall military action on syria. russia saying that it could urge syria to put its chemical weapons under international control if that would avert military strikes. in an...
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pro-democracy anticorruption really leader of the opposition the recent anti-government movement here in russia alexina valiant did much better than predicted over twenty seven percent with most of the votes counted now when he first started campaigning opinion polls suggested that he would get just around ten percent of the euro so really it was a strong fight that he put out but for both of these these top players we can say the real two candidates six candidates in all but these two the most popular turnout was not great in this election that was a huge surprise because let's remember this is the first time that muscovites came out to vote for their mayor something many people have been saying for years that they wanted in ten years to the last election for mayor was in two thousand and three back then the turnout was fifty percent and on sunday's vote it was only around thirty three percent so not that many people came out a bit surprising because in recent years certainly in moscow and st petersburg big cities around the country more and more people had becoming politically active now like
pro-democracy anticorruption really leader of the opposition the recent anti-government movement here in russia alexina valiant did much better than predicted over twenty seven percent with most of the votes counted now when he first started campaigning opinion polls suggested that he would get just around ten percent of the euro so really it was a strong fight that he put out but for both of these these top players we can say the real two candidates six candidates in all but these two the most...
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but were kicked out for football where russia cruise to a convincing four one win over luxembourg and their world cup qualifier in design on xander. goals from alexander kids are called for and alexander so i made up for one triumph. record the quickest goal in russia's history the twenty two year old striker scored after just twenty one seconds fabio capello's men looking ahead to choose to clash against israel in some petersburg and have a chance to leapfrog portugal return to the top of group after they get all three points. was plenty of other qualifiers going on around europe. when i was scotland in a step closer to qualifying for the two thousand and fourteen world cup smallville much has been headed into the mantua via the influential joe it in the house and captain vincent kompany were missing through injury so even the poor footing with visitors ahead of a goal before a break from outside the box and put in the rawest ramps up to norway in the closing minutes belgium set five points clear of croatia at the top of group a. meanwhile there was no love lost in belgrade as bitter
but were kicked out for football where russia cruise to a convincing four one win over luxembourg and their world cup qualifier in design on xander. goals from alexander kids are called for and alexander so i made up for one triumph. record the quickest goal in russia's history the twenty two year old striker scored after just twenty one seconds fabio capello's men looking ahead to choose to clash against israel in some petersburg and have a chance to leapfrog portugal return to the top of...
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tonight we will take you through the bizarre exchanges between senator state john kerry and those of russia, syria, ultimately some members of congress and president obama himself. exchanges in several cases that were recanted but to which could lead actually to a handover of syrian chemical weapons stockpiles to the international community. a day of mixed contradictory confusing messages from the obama administration that may lead to a crisis created in part on mr. obama's unscripted ultimatum to the syrians to be resolved by an unscripted remark by his secretary of state today. we will be taking all of this up in tonight's broadcast. we will be joined by foreign affairs and judiciary committee member. he says he has never seen congress so united in its opposition to the president's call to strike another nation militarily. another pentagon official, kt mcfarland, says president obama's box in after his phrase of red lines on the campaign. and journalist says he has thrown mr. obama a lifeline. the way out of the mess that mr. obama created. they join us live. wall street seemingly ignorin
tonight we will take you through the bizarre exchanges between senator state john kerry and those of russia, syria, ultimately some members of congress and president obama himself. exchanges in several cases that were recanted but to which could lead actually to a handover of syrian chemical weapons stockpiles to the international community. a day of mixed contradictory confusing messages from the obama administration that may lead to a crisis created in part on mr. obama's unscripted ultimatum...
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and i saw what she said on russia. i do not want to get ahead of the administration. they will evaluate that. this is something very new. see how real it is, whether or not this will be a dealing tactics and how much of a role we want to give russia as far as having an influence of what goes on in the middle east. ok? thank you. >> would you trust the russians? >> it is a question of laying it out, and then you have to lay out the situation. i do not want to speak for them. sometimes you have to shake hands with the devil. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> that was peter king of the house. also a member of the intelligence committee, speaking to cameras earlier today. we will put the phone numbers back up on the screen. we want to hear your voices. the president is having lunch with senate republicans tomorrow on capitol hill, and there is a hearing at 10:00 a.m., and it is with secretaries kerry and hagel dempsey. chiefs head we will bring you this live at 10:00 a.m. you can watch it there. next call on congressional action on syria comes from christina in san diego. re
and i saw what she said on russia. i do not want to get ahead of the administration. they will evaluate that. this is something very new. see how real it is, whether or not this will be a dealing tactics and how much of a role we want to give russia as far as having an influence of what goes on in the middle east. ok? thank you. >> would you trust the russians? >> it is a question of laying it out, and then you have to lay out the situation. i do not want to speak for them....
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russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has told reporters that russia will urge syria to put its chemical weapons supply under international control. but there's a big if. a big one. if that will prevent any u.s. military action against the assad regime. so it is a critical development that russia making this overture to the syrians. put your chemical weapons cache, and it is the largest in the world, don't forget. the single largest chemical weapons cache in the world, put them under international control, and thus avoid any american onslaught of an attack. couple of things that might do. if bashar al assad bites and the russians are not saying whether he's inkling toward accepting this deal, that would save bashar al assad clearly from the obvious and also save him face. he would also save the united states president, barack obama, from having to deal with congress and perhaps having to deal with congress voting down any kind of proposal to go ahead and strike against syria. and again all of this, referring back to the august attack where roughly 1,400 people, roughly 400 of them childr
russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has told reporters that russia will urge syria to put its chemical weapons supply under international control. but there's a big if. a big one. if that will prevent any u.s. military action against the assad regime. so it is a critical development that russia making this overture to the syrians. put your chemical weapons cache, and it is the largest in the world, don't forget. the single largest chemical weapons cache in the world, put them under...
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now russia and syria say they all stand together for peace in the face of a mounting u.s. push for war against damascus the message from the russian and syrian syrian foreign ministers came after their meeting in moscow on monday sean thomas listened into their news conference and joins me now sean. sean what were the arguments that moscow and damascus were putting out there today against any action by washington. well the two foreign. ministers met. basically discussing the latest on the ground in situ the situation in syria also saying that they were against the idea of foreign intervention and they say that any action has to happen in accordance to international law sergey lavrov said that he's dedicated to bring all parties to the table to discuss a solution in syria but the rebels need to be isolated and that no one party can hijack or monopolize the solution he says that they need to wait for the united nations to complete their investigation and for those results to be brought on the table also calling for the un inspectors to come back into syria and can plead thei
now russia and syria say they all stand together for peace in the face of a mounting u.s. push for war against damascus the message from the russian and syrian syrian foreign ministers came after their meeting in moscow on monday sean thomas listened into their news conference and joins me now sean. sean what were the arguments that moscow and damascus were putting out there today against any action by washington. well the two foreign. ministers met. basically discussing the latest on the...
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russia says good plan. the foreign minister floated a proposal to do just what kerry said, put syria's chemical weapons under international control. syria said it is open to that. >> i declare that the syrian arab republic welcomes russia's initiative on the basis that the syrian leadership cares about the lives of our citizens and the security in our country. >> the white house appears very skeptical that this could happen, but they're not exactly closing the door, either. i want to bring in the president's deputy national security advisor. tony, thanks for being here. you said the white house has not had a chance to look at the proposal yet, but you would welcome assad giving up its chemical weapons in a verifiable way. i just want to be clear here. if the syrian regime is serious about this and would hand over the chemical weapons supplied to international control, the u.s. would stand down from a strike? >> jake, we just saw the russian proposal and of course, we are going to look at it carefully, and w
russia says good plan. the foreign minister floated a proposal to do just what kerry said, put syria's chemical weapons under international control. syria said it is open to that. >> i declare that the syrian arab republic welcomes russia's initiative on the basis that the syrian leadership cares about the lives of our citizens and the security in our country. >> the white house appears very skeptical that this could happen, but they're not exactly closing the door, either. i want...
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they're really looking at this russia development. russia wants syria to give up its chemical weapons. they think this could be be the plan b to be a diplomatic solution. if that becomes a real development, you'll see a lot of senators on both sides of the aisle abandon a military strike. >> so you're saying to me that sensible, intelligent, well informed house and senate members actually believe that assad will give up all his chemical weapons, that somehow we can verify that and that the russians will be the ones maybe with us or not to destroy them? informed smart intelligent people really believe in that possibility? >> i think both democrats and republicans are skeptical, but no one really seems to want to get behind the administration to do a limited military strike. that's the reality on capitol hill. that's what the president is dealing with. >> i will only harken back to ronald reagan. trust but verify. >> a good one indeed. >> robert costa, thank you. >>> remember president obama's comments about his credibility last week? t
they're really looking at this russia development. russia wants syria to give up its chemical weapons. they think this could be be the plan b to be a diplomatic solution. if that becomes a real development, you'll see a lot of senators on both sides of the aisle abandon a military strike. >> so you're saying to me that sensible, intelligent, well informed house and senate members actually believe that assad will give up all his chemical weapons, that somehow we can verify that and that...
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a plea for peace russia and syria washington to shift its focus to international negotiations and a joint message warning that. syria. and terrorism. the mall barack obama tries to. intervention ahead of a crucial. refuses to concede defeat. or to have a company you're watching. with me. now president obama is sharpening his case for military intervention before a crucial congress will be making a string of media appearances later today before meeting democrat lawmakers and addressing the nation on choose day the senate could vote is the early as wednesday and the house of representatives may take another week to make a decision while many in congress aren't convinced by obama's pitch they want to see more evidence of assad's involvement in last month's alleged chemical strike according to a washington post estimate a majority in both chambers of congress are undecided and here's how the senate vote would play out if it took place right now the house of representatives could prove to be obama's biggest challenge it's dominated by republicans who are overwhelmingly against the military pla
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how do you think an agreement by russia would come about? do you know anything about it, and would it lead to security council action? thank you. >> i have taken in the foreign minister's remarks in russia a few moments ago, and i also spoke to john kerry earlier today in london. i acknowledge these ideas. as i said earlier, i have already been considering certain proposals that i could make to the security council when i present the investigation team's report. for a number of days already, i for a number of days already, i have been our considering proposals.i am urging these stocks to be placed inside syria where they can be safely stored and destroyed . and i urge again that syria should become the party to -- [indiscernible] >> thank you. with the situation right now, the war drums in the region, do you know if there are also diplomats considering evacuating the u.n. staff in lebanon? would you consider that in case of war? thank you. >> we have quite a number of u.n. staff working in syria, including international staff and domestic na
how do you think an agreement by russia would come about? do you know anything about it, and would it lead to security council action? thank you. >> i have taken in the foreign minister's remarks in russia a few moments ago, and i also spoke to john kerry earlier today in london. i acknowledge these ideas. as i said earlier, i have already been considering certain proposals that i could make to the security council when i present the investigation team's report. for a number of days...
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the thing is that the security council, we butt heads with russia and china all the time. we have to figure out how to get them on our side. russia has said repeatedly that they're against chemical weapons use, and they've signed the treaty to ban. so i think, really, if we could convince them that this was perpetrated by assad, and if the russians and chinese and security council were on our side, it could potentially change the outcome here. >> but as you know, russia has a tremendous real interest, real politic interest in assad staying in power. he's a close ally of theirs. let me ask you a different question. earlier this week, you suggested -- suggested -- that you might take to the senate floor and engage in a standing filibuster as you did on the drone attack. here's what you said. whether there is an actual standing filibuster -- i've got to check my shoes and check my ability to hold my water, and we will see. then, sir, you seemed to back off that. if attacking syria is such a bad idea, why not take to the floor for 10 or 12 hours and engage in another standing
the thing is that the security council, we butt heads with russia and china all the time. we have to figure out how to get them on our side. russia has said repeatedly that they're against chemical weapons use, and they've signed the treaty to ban. so i think, really, if we could convince them that this was perpetrated by assad, and if the russians and chinese and security council were on our side, it could potentially change the outcome here. >> but as you know, russia has a tremendous...
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willing to put its entire chemical arsenal on the united nations control a proposal put forward by russia's foreign minister to avoid a u.s. military strike. while the blame game over last month's sorry gas attack in syria continues our tea source is also the stuff to do with a close to the conflict say rebel fighters are now planning a chemical prophet cation strike against israel will be hearing the latest on this potential development from our correspondent shortly. the battle for moscow is over . elected for a new term in office but opposition runner up the election of ali refuses to concede defeat his supporters right now in fact staging a mass rally in the center of moscow and demanding a recount. for a good evening just after nine pm here in moscow my name's kevin owen thanks for watching r.t. international our top story them so many twists and turns today syria has agreed to russia's proposal that it put its chemical weapons stockpiles under international control and whether in the day u.s. second state john kerry did mission suggested such a scheme as a way to avoid a military stri
willing to put its entire chemical arsenal on the united nations control a proposal put forward by russia's foreign minister to avoid a u.s. military strike. while the blame game over last month's sorry gas attack in syria continues our tea source is also the stuff to do with a close to the conflict say rebel fighters are now planning a chemical prophet cation strike against israel will be hearing the latest on this potential development from our correspondent shortly. the battle for moscow is...
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can see the press release now don't worry guys we're just trying to build a cloak to shield us from russia nukes all right so stop asking questions or what about more recent history like in two thousand and nine when several human rights groups learned that israel was spraying palestinians in gaza with white phosphorus . received these burns when an israeli round slammed into her home in beit lahiya in northern gaza around that shows all the signs of containing white phosphorous it completely burned to the children recalls sabai from head to toe the house was inflamed us. her husband in for a virtual tour and died in the attack so landis will bomb us called ben for striking israel a wait i forgot the apartheid state and human rights abuse or israel us is closest ally can do no wrong and speaking of white phosphorous turns out that the us a liberal they dropped this chemical incendiary in iraq during its occupation this is a chemical that burns to the bone but it's not nearly as lethal as depleted uranium otherwise known as you another chemical weapon used gratuitously during the iraq war j
can see the press release now don't worry guys we're just trying to build a cloak to shield us from russia nukes all right so stop asking questions or what about more recent history like in two thousand and nine when several human rights groups learned that israel was spraying palestinians in gaza with white phosphorus . received these burns when an israeli round slammed into her home in beit lahiya in northern gaza around that shows all the signs of containing white phosphorous it completely...